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I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist.

~Elvis Costello

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We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music comes from. And romantic poetry. And bad novels.

~Elvis Costello

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Songs are more powerful than books.

~Elvis Costello

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Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.

~Elvis Costello

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There was not a lot of rock n' roll in the house. Our parents didn't think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasn't very hip.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Agree Bill Charlie Charlie Parker Grew Groovy Hip House Lot Our Parents Parker Rock Rock N Roll Roll Tend Them Think Up Very You

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It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Allegiance Cause Had Hereditary Idiotic Join Just Kid Petty Principle Queen Scouts Swear Thing Think You I Think

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I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

~Elvis Costello

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It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Any Awards Bit Deserve Differently Down Dress Just Live Music Play Record Sit Song Songs Them Tour Up Write Writing You

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I get very frustrated by this term 'genre exercise.' I mean, what exactly is that? Genre is not really relevant when you are writing a song; hopefully you are doing it to explore something, to create something, and I don't agree that any of my albums are genre exercises.

~Elvis Costello

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I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself.

~Elvis Costello

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: August 25th, 1954

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